George Takei

Born

4/20/1937

Los Angeles, California, USA

George Takei

Biography

George Hosato Takei Altman (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor of Japanese descent, best known for his role in the television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. He is a proponent of gay rights and active in state and local politics as well as continuing his acting career. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japanese-American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum.

Known For98 Movies

Mulan
1998
★7.9
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
★7.6
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
★5.7
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
★6.5
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
★7.2
Free Birds
2013
★5.9
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
★5.7
Mulan II
2004
★6.5
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
★7.4
Entourage
2015
★6.2
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
★6.6
Larry Crowne
2011
★6.0
Futurama: Bender's Game
2008
★7.3
The Great Buck Howard
2008
★6.0
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
★6.6
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
★7.0
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
★6.5
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
★7.2
The Green Berets
1968
★5.7
Space Milkshake
2012
★5.1
For the Love of Spock
2016
★7.4
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009
★7.6
These Amazing Shadows
2011
★7.4
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
★2.0
Never So Few
1959
★5.5
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
★6.5
Hopeful Romantic
2015
★6.0
PT 109
1963
★6.1
Walk Don't Run
1966
★6.4
Return from the River Kwai
1989
★5.0
Trekkies
1997
★6.3
The Pool Boys
2009
★5.8
Which Way to the Front?
1970
★4.7
The Big Mouth
1967
★5.3
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
★7.3
Who's Who
1986
★10.0
A.I. Assault
2006
★5.2
Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
2022
★4.7
Ninja Cheerleaders
2008
★4.0
An American Dream
1966
★5.0
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
★4.9
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
★10.0
New World Order
2002
★5.3
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013
★2.8
Oblivion
1994
★4.9
Red Line 7000
1965
★5.4
Bug Buster
1998
★3.9
Blood Oath
1990
★5.7
The Eavesdropper
2004
★5.5
Dark Vengeance
2011
★5.7
Art of Submission
2012
★4.2
Aliens Stole My Body
2020
★4.1
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
★3.6
8
2012
★5.3
Ava & Lala
2014
★8.0
Oblivion 2: Backlash
1996
★4.4
The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms
2023
★5.7
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
★6.3
The Star Trek Dream
1975
★1.5
Ice Palace
1960
★6.3
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
★2.5
Who Gets the House?
1999
★3.8
Hell to Eternity
1960
★6.3
Strange Frame
2012
★5.2
The Curse of the Dragon
1993
★7.2
To Be Takei
2014
★7.2
Beam Me Up, Sulu
2025
★6.0
Kissinger and Nixon
1995
★7.9
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
★5.8
Rodan! The Flying Monster
1957
★5.7
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
★3.8
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
2003
★6.6
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
★5.9
The Soul of America
2020
★6.3
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019
★1.0
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
★5.6
Eat With Me
2014
★6.1
Allegiance
2016
★6.5
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1996
★4.8
The Magic Pearl
1997
★9.0
Woman in Motion
2021
★6.8
Backyard Blockbusters
2012
★6.5
Do I Sound Gay?
2015
★5.6
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004
★4.3
Live by the Fist
1993
★5.1
Message From Hiroshima
2015
★8.0
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005
★5.7
Reclaim the Flag
2025
★5.5
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2004
★4.5
Josie's Castle
1971
★3.6
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007
★5.4
Bring Back... Star Trek
2009
★3.5
The Best Bad Thing
1997
★7.7
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994
★5.7
The Missing Scarf
2013
★7.8
The Year of the Dragon
1975
★9.5
Roddenberry's Trek
2015
★8.5
One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center
2023
★6.0